Classroom Resources | Grades K – 5 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp July 14Author Laura Joffe Numeroff was born in 1953.
Using one of Numeroff's books as a model, students use the circle plot structure as a culminating project for a unit of study completed in the classroom.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 8 | Calendar Activity |&nbsp July 9Nancy Farmer, three-time Newbery honoree, was born in 1941.
Students write original short stories in the science fiction genre based on some of Farmer's works and society's most hotly-debated issues, such as cloning, toxic waste, and brain implants.